אֵסוּר

hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine3 occurrences3 books3 verses

Definition

from H631; a bond (especially manacles of a prisoner)
Traditional renderings: band, prison.

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

3 total
  1. Judges 15:14אֱסוּרָ֖יו · and the bonds
    When Samson arrived in Lehi, the Philistines came out shouting against him. And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him. The ropes on his arms became like burnt flax, and the bonds broke loose from his hands.
  2. Ecclesiastes 7:26אֲסוּרִ֣ים · [are] chains
    And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.
  3. Jeremiah 37:15הָאֵס֗וּר
    The officials were angry with Jeremiah, and they beat him and placed him in jail in the house of Jonathan the scribe, for it had been made into a prison.